Re: CHAT: Smokes [was Re: CHAT: postcodes]

Quoting Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>:

> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> > (I positively
> >loathe the way people sometimes water the stuff down, though.)
>
> And i loathe the way southerners ruin good tea by adding sugar. And the
> way the British ruin tea by adding milk :)
In Texas, usually considered culturally Southern, tea is never
served sweetened.  Sugar and sweeteners are provided, of course,
but one is expected to add them for oneself.  (Indeed, the first
time I had sweetened tea was in Chicago, in the North!)

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